Re: [GENERAL] WAL question

2007-01-12 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Evgeny Gridasov wrote: > Hello. > > So, what happens if I set checkpoint_segments and checkpoint_timeout very > high, > and, shared_buffers to a very low value? > Will PostgreSQL force a checkpoint when it has not enough memory in > shared_buffers for some new "un-checkpointed" data ? It won't

Re: [GENERAL] WAL question

2007-01-12 Thread Evgeny Gridasov
Hello. So, what happens if I set checkpoint_segments and checkpoint_timeout very high, and, shared_buffers to a very low value? Will PostgreSQL force a checkpoint when it has not enough memory in shared_buffers for some new "un-checkpointed" data ? On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:49:04 -0300 Alvaro Herre

Re: [GENERAL] WAL question

2007-01-12 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Evgeny Gridasov wrote: > Hello. > > Lets's imagine a sequence in time: > (1) Some transactions commit data (simple table inserts/updates). > (2) I get data from a table using select. > (3) A CHECKPOINT occurs, data from pg_xlog is copied to actual table data > files. > > Questions: > > Where do